> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://vaquill.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get statute full text > Get the full text of a statute section in HTML and plain text. **Cost**: 6 credits ($0.06). You are only charged when text is returned: not-found (404), failed fetches, and sections whose text is not yet ingested (`available: false`) are all refunded. Works across USC, CFR, and state corpora. The text preserves formatting, cross-references, and paragraph numbering as published in the official source. **Response**: `available: true` with `html` + `plain`, or `available: false` with a `note` and `creditsConsumed: 0` when the full text is not yet ingested (metadata is still available from `/statutes/section/{actId}`). ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://api.vaquill.ai/external/openapi.json get /api/v1/statutes/section/{act_id}/body openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Vaquill Developer API description: >- Public API for legal statutes and legislation. **Authentication**: Pass your API key via the `Authorization: Bearer vq_key_...` header. **Credits**: Each call costs API credits. See `GET /api/v1/api-credits/pricing` for the full pricing matrix. ## Jurisdictions | Jurisdiction | Coverage | `countryCode` | |---|---|---| | **United States** | USC, CFR, nearly all 50 state statutory codes (plus DC and Puerto Rico), state constitutions, and court rules. | `US` | See the full [Coverage page](https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/coverage) for the jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction breakdown, or call `/statutes/states` for live counts. ## Endpoints - **US Statutes**: Search and retrieve USC, CFR, state statutes, constitutions, court rules, executive orders, and regulations with full text - **Pricing**: Credit costs per endpoint (no auth required) ## Rate limits Limits are enforced per API key and scale with your plan. A `429` response includes a `Retry-After` header. | Plan | Per minute | Per hour | Per day | |---|---|---|---| | API ($199/mo, 1x) | 30 | 500 | 2,000 | | API Business ($1,000/mo, 5x) | 150 | 2,500 | 10,000 | For full documentation, visit the [API Reference](https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-reference/). version: 1.0.0 contact: name: Vaquill API Support url: https://www.vaquill.ai email: support@vaquill.ai license: name: Proprietary url: https://www.vaquill.ai/terms termsOfService: https://www.vaquill.ai/terms servers: - url: https://api.vaquill.ai description: Production security: - ApiKeyAuth: [] tags: - name: US Statutes description: >- Search and retrieve US statutes. Covers the United States Code (USC), Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), all 50 state statutes, constitutions, court rules, executive orders, Federal Register agency rules, agency guidance, and state regulations. Scope a search with the `corpusType` filter. - **Search**: Search across all USC, CFR, state, and regulatory sections - **Section**: Get metadata, citation, hierarchy, and source links for a specific section - **Body**: Get the full text of a section - name: Pricing description: >- Credit pricing and conversion rates. No authentication required. 1 credit = $0.01 USD. externalDocs: description: Full API Reference url: https://www.vaquill.ai/docs/api-reference/ paths: /api/v1/statutes/section/{act_id}/body: get: tags: - US Statutes summary: Get statute full text description: >- Get the full text of a statute section in HTML and plain text. **Cost**: 6 credits ($0.06). You are only charged when text is returned: not-found (404), failed fetches, and sections whose text is not yet ingested (`available: false`) are all refunded. Works across USC, CFR, and state corpora. The text preserves formatting, cross-references, and paragraph numbering as published in the official source. **Response**: `available: true` with `html` + `plain`, or `available: false` with a `note` and `creditsConsumed: 0` when the full text is not yet ingested (metadata is still available from `/statutes/section/{actId}`). operationId: get_section_body_api_v1_statutes_section__act_id__body_get parameters: - name: act_id in: path required: true schema: type: string minLength: 3 maxLength: 200 description: Section identifier. examples: - CFR_T17_P240_S240_10b5_1 title: Act Id description: Section identifier. responses: '200': description: Successful Response content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StatuteBodyResponse' '422': description: Validation Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/HTTPValidationError' components: schemas: StatuteBodyResponse: properties: actId: type: string title: Actid html: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Html description: HTML-formatted statute text. plain: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Plain description: Plain text version. source: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Source description: Data source identifier. available: type: boolean title: Available description: Whether full text is available. default: true note: anyOf: - type: string - type: 'null' title: Note description: Note if text is unavailable. processingTimeMs: type: number title: Processingtimems default: 0 creditsConsumed: type: number title: Creditsconsumed default: 0 type: object required: - actId title: StatuteBodyResponse description: Full text of a statute section in HTML and/or plain text. HTTPValidationError: properties: detail: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError' type: array title: Detail type: object title: HTTPValidationError ValidationError: properties: loc: items: anyOf: - type: string - type: integer type: array title: Location msg: type: string title: Message type: type: string title: Error Type type: object required: - loc - msg - type title: ValidationError securitySchemes: ApiKeyAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: vq_key_* description: >- API key issued from the Vaquill developer dashboard. Pass as `Authorization: Bearer vq_key_...` ````